Cameron Meredith will have to earn his money with the New England Patriots.
The veteran wide receiver signed a two-year contract with the Patriots on Aug. 2 that's worth $2.02 million and includes zero guaranteed money with injury waivers for both years, ESPN's Field Yates reported Wednesday.
ESPN's Mike Reiss followed with more details: Meredith's contract doesn't include a signing bonus but rather includes incentives for him simply being on the roster during the 2019 and 2020 seasons.
It's a deal that makes sense for the Patriots after they placed Meredith on the physically unable to perform list shortly after signing him.
The 26-year-old still is rehabbing from a knee injury that forced him to miss his final 10 games with the New Orleans Saints last season. That injury followed a torn ACL during the 2017 preseason that kept him off the field the entire year.
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Meredith tallied 66 catches for 888 yards with the Chicago Bears the season prior, though, so if he can get healthy, the Patriots are hoping he can contribute to a patchwork receiving corps that includes just two returning contributors in Julian Edelman and Phillip Dorsett.
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